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Hbc Oranges, the Greatest Residential Suburb ^^m<- 



Tmi bv WILLIAM WIRT MILLS 



of tbe l^etropolis photos by c. j. greenleaf 



Taken togrther the Oranges form the large>c residential suburb 
of the American Metropol's within easy reach of New Vork 
by the Lackawanna and Eric Railroads 
ind the Hudstm tunneU, and only four mile? 
northwest lom Newark. The centre of 
the Oranges is I 5 miirs from New Vork. 
Settled in 1 666, by a colony from New 
Haven, Conn., the place was known as 
Newark Mountain and was part of Newark. 
In |-|8 the settlement separated from 
Newark and ttiok the name *'Thc Mnuntain 
Society." Afterwards the place was called 
Orange Dale, in honor of the Prince of 
Oraijje, and became the township of Orjngc 
in Essex County in 1807. South Orange 
separated from the old town in 1861, West 
Orange in l86i, East Orange in 1863. 

Orange is a city, situated on the lower 
slope of the Watchung Mountain, a ridge 
650 feet high, has an area of 1,300 acres, 
taxable realty valued at $19(354*807 and a 
population close to 30,000. The state 
census of 190$ showed z6,ioi inhabitants, 
an increase of 50 per cent in 25 years. 
Then there were 4, 246 dwellings. Sixty-six 
factories, with $3,441,183 capital, employ 
2,450 wage-earners, the pay rulls amounting 
to Jl, 312, 002 a yeir, .ind $l,6^ly^^6 
worth ofmateriaU are turned into mere handi.-e 
worth 56,1^0,635, an increase of over 50 
per cent in live years. 

The City of East Orange is 1,394 acres 
in extent, with taxalile realty a»>e»jed at ^144, 102,628 and a 
population of over 30,000. in 1905 there were i^,i 75 inhabitants 
occupving 4,926 dwellings, and the popula'ion had doubled in I 5 




qi^P^lTCH RIDER, 

Old Cemrlrry, Mairvand :>C()tlind Mrerit, Orange 



East Orange has 1 7 factories, with $31047,905 capital, 

wigc-earne*rs who receive $453,700 a year, converting 

$1,108, 151 of materials into products worth 

52,326,552, 1 ] per cent gain in five years. 

West Orange is a town of 8,346 acre>, 
with realty worth $8,575,000 and a popu- 
lation of 10,000. In 1605 there wese 
7,872 inhabitants housed in 1 ,281 dwellings; 
increase in 1 5 years 80 per cent. 

South Orange is a village of 745 acre», 
with taxable realty a^se^sed at $8,889,250. 
Also included in the Oranges is the rural 
district of South Orange Township, 3,888 
acres in extent, with land valued at $3,988, - 
362. The V llagein 1905 had 875 dwellings, 
the township 401; combined population 
6.8-8, 40 per cent growth in 15 year?. 

The manufictories of the Oranges arc 
extensive and important, with over 6,000 
wnge-eamers, and total output of over $1 5,- 
000,000, including hats and the products 
of the Edison industries in West Or.mge. 

But the great advantage of the Oranges 
their favorable location on high ground, 
\\:[hin such ea.-y reach of b*.ith Newaik and 
New Vork, that they arc among the health- 
iest and most convenient suburban re>idenccs. 

There are many wide streets and avenue-i 
and parkways, the Es>ex County Park system 
extending through the Oranges, including 
Orange Park of 47.6 acres and South 
Mountain Reservation of 2,000 acres. 
The Oranges are well kept, well governed, clean and orderly, 
and no more desirable residence place can be found in the metro- 
politan zone. 



Copyright, 1910. by MOSHS KIXG, Publisher. Vrw York. 



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Bl'SIN'ESS SECTION OF ORANGE; site of lirst icttlcment in 1666; Main Street, thoroughfare to Newark, at intersection with 
Day Street, laid out in 1705 and called the Crane Road; First Presbyterian Church, founded 1717, present structure (the third) 
erected 1 8 13; first grist mill built 1780 on Day Street, bv Thomas Williams; old Music Hall at left; Orange National Bank at right. 




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ORANGE NAT'I. BANK, M.iiii ^• , ! ; i-s 534'.°5° '" •'**■ Fssl \ ii )l \ I 'i I RI x I ( i )M |'.\N V, Miin Strrrt, Fjst Orange; 
$l,7i;,oo6 in 1909, reiuurcn ^11,394,185; cuh on hind $25, 599 in deposits, ^3,26o,;;3; rcourcci, $3,698, 509; and capital $40;, 310. 
'l8, ^148, 447 in 1909; Uink note issue, 5140,000; sjfc dcpotit. PEOPLES BANK, Main St., East Orange; depotin, jli.ooo.ooo. 




CHARLES M. DECKER & BROTHERS' STORES (i) Model Baken-. {i) Brick Church branch. (3) Decker Building, Main Street, 
Orange. Eight high-class stores for supplying groceries and delicacies throughout the Oranges. Typical ot' the business developed in supply- 
ing the needs of 80,000 people who live in this group ot attractive residential subuibs, within easy commuting distance of the metropolis. 




WUMAN b CH B, Wil.um jjid I'loipti.! Sticct», Eji,l Urjujjc; lunilsunic jnJ si'iciiJiJl) appuintcj tlubhouic uf actiic jna iMtiucntiil 
(trganizjtitin that has exerted a powerful influence in bringing about pubUc improvements and influencing the social and civic spirit ot the city; 
•me iif the best c<]uippcd and organized institutions of the kind in the world, representative of the best in the 20th century- woman movement. 




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HOSPITALS. ( I ) Orange Memoiial Hospital, new pavilion. ( 2 ) St. Mary's Hospital. (3) Orange Memorial Hospital, showing original 
building, extension and Joseph M. Shepard .Memorial Pavilion, Essex Avenue The Hospital has a training school for nurses. The charities 
of the Oranges are well organized and liberally supported and include a House of the Good Shepherd. Charities Building on Essex Street. 




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line rrsidcpccs, Including home of inventor of Hirvejiied steel, inventor uf the incandescent electric light and thousand other devices. 
EDISON M'F'G CO., Lik«ide Ave., West Orange, original building in foreground; phonograph works; Edison portland cement works. 




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COMMON at Main Street, Orange, looking up from Hillyer Street, with SoMier^' Monument in the foreground, Grace Church and 
Y. M. C. A. at right, typical residences at the left. Characteristic view of the Oranges, which have wide, well-shaded streets and avenues. 
EAST ORANGE STATION, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western main line; stations also at Brick Church, Orange and West Orange. 




ST. JOHN S ROMAN (. A 1 Hol.K' (.HI KCH, UiJgi- .,.. : \S 
Sticett, Orangr. One of the nnc>t suburban churches in Northern New 
Jerwy. Extensive paroch'ul schiiol system miintiinrd in the Oraniies. 



'.:< ALK KI'lSCOI'Al. CHI RCH, Main Street, (grange; splendid 
group, including parish building and hall and rectorv; 1,300 members. 
BAPTISTCHIRCH, Main Street, Orange; 27churchesm Orange. 






MLN\ -v^ I.M 1. I'Rl.^niTERIAX CHURCH, Mam Street ST. JVIARK'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, situated on Main 
and Munn Avenue, East Oiange; stone structure with parish building. Street, West Orangej there are ten Episcopal churches in the 
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Day St. and Park Ave. Oranges with fine parochial plants and a membership of 4,445 



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